But Germany is SMALL next to Canada or the US, and has a much higher population density. Therefore it should have the tax base to pay for a fibre-to-the-home network.
Gotta love Sasktel... I think the reason for our high prices is that they're expanding their network throughout the province, and at the same time upgrading to a fibre network.
I think that's what I read. Anyway, you don't want Shaw Cable's @Home. It is quite unreliable.
Are you European? If you are, it would explain a few things. In Canada, we call people from the USA "Americans". We call people from Canada "Canadians", and we call people from anywhere in North America "North Americans".
If, on the other hand, you are American, then it is ONLY a Canadian thing. But I think you call yourselves "American" as well.
One thing that's kept me from going at it is Interac. Practically all businesses in Alberta
(Canada?) rely on Interac or on a credit card system to support payments.
Yep. Canada. In Saskatchewan and Manatoba at least we use interac. I usually only carry about $5 in cash on me for emergencies... gotta love cheap debit cards:)
As a side note, I think some words should be expanded. "Centre" could be an organization (eg.
"Medical Centre", "Centre for Disease Control"), while "center" could be a point (eg. "the center of
the circle").
No. Centre is just how it is spelled. See The Oxford Guide to Canadian English Usage
Yep, for a law like this to be passed in Canada, quite a few laws would have to change. But our good friends in Ottawa(read: stupid fucking liberals) are still able to jump on this without consulting us.. due to "Supremicy of Parliament".
If I am not mistaken, however, traffic is regulated by the provinces, so it is not likely that this will happen all over Canada.
Oh, to the person who thought our country is ruled by the Queen of England, do a bit more research next time. Our country is ruled by The Government of Canada, and the Queen can't really do much, she can't even enact laws without the consent of The House of Commons and the Senate (Constitution Act, 1867-1982)
If I'm paying a tax that is auspiciously because I'm going to illegally copy something anyway, haven't
I then paid for the right to copy it? Haven't I now paid the royalties that I owe, in order to make all
the guilt-free CDs, for me and my friends, that I want to make? I think that could be a very
interesting court challenge.
But you HAVE paid for the right to copy CDs. For you and for friends. You have paid all the royalties you owe, and it would never make it to court because you didn't do anything illegal. Look it up for yourself if you want.
If it is anything like Canada, you pay the "tax" and get the right to copy music or whatever for your own personal use. I'm willing to pay it to know when I get stopped by a mountie with a 50cd stack of burned music on the road to Calgary that I won't be fined for it, I didn't do anything illegal!
In Canada you *CAN* copy Audio for private use. I can borrow a friends CD and copy it, as long as I don't sell the CD (For more than I paid for the blank) it is perfectly legal. This is so in Germany and also a few other countries, it just seems to be a hard concept for the Americans to grasp.
This seems particularly true as you go west. My friend from Alberta only had to do 1 year of
French (only in grade 9), whereas in Ontario it seems to vary from 6 - 7 years (grade 3 or 4 to
grade 9).
Ah, Alberta. No minority languages that you ever hear of. As the saying goes:
"In Calgary, people who say Canada is a bilingual country hold as much credibility as people who have reported UFO sightings."
Here in Saskatoon, we have at least one french bar. Go there, and the bartender speaks french, the waiters/waitresses speak french, etc. The rest of the city speaks English.
As for the French in Quebec, not true here. We have a K-12 school (École Canadien Français) which has English classes like Alberta has French classes. Of course we also have French Immersion, where you take most of your classes in French. In Saskatoon, it's not unreasonable to expect somebody to be able to speak french.
Some 90% of Canadians live within some 5% of the contry, a thin strip running along the US
border. Most of our natural resources though are further north, where there aren't many people. So
this limestone affect probably isn't a major issue, since very few would be affected.
Yep, most people here live in Southern Ontario, or southern B.C. In Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, most people live quite far from the U.S. Regina is about three hours from the border, ditto for Calgary and Winnepeg. Saskatoon and Edmonton are both the bigger cities in their provinces and they are quite far from the Border.
The bible has some nice ideas about how to live in a moral manner. Ideas that followers of most
religions as well as atheists would agree upon. But why the emphasis? If the bible is correct, why
should the God fearing worry? They are on the right side. The only reason to look down on the less
God-fearing would be if you had your doubts about wether your moral behavoiur will pay off and
you don't want others to have the benefits of a less godly life.
The bible teaches people to "Love thy Neighbour" That means, among other things, you must teach them about your beliefs, lest they die. God-fearing people look down on others because they want them to get saved like they have. No doubts, just worry for the soul of the OTHER person.
It was 1814. There was a bit more to it than that though, like Fort Detroit (Now Detroit, of all things), which fell within an hour of being attacked. The person in charge of Detroit (I forget his name/rank) sent a letter to the Canadians living on the other side of the river saying essentially "We are about to attack, we want the Brits to leave, if you help us, and become Americans, you won't be killed."
He apparently forgot the revolution, where Loyalists were persicuted, becoming non-persons and taxed to death. Not unlike pre-holocaust Germany.
I'm also from Saskatoon. Apparently, Sasktel is one of the major Telcos in the world. Amazing, since we are the 3rd smallest province in population (PEI is first, Newfieland is second)
My family has had ADSL since 1996. I suppose it helps when you live only a few blocks from their downtown office:) And it's amazing, if somebody wants something huge (StarOffice), it's not unreasonable to expect them to have broadband internet and to download it for themselves. Then there is the States where 1/1000 people have highspeed:) There are cities there with populations which are like 10 times the size of our Province!
From what I've seen every day stuff costs pretty much the same in Canada as the US, so it's not
valid to say $1 US = $1 CAN - you DO have to take the exchange rate into account. That $40 US
sweater will cost you $40 US ($60 CAN) in Canada.
Here in Saskatoon, one kind of pizza (I forget which, I don't go there often) cost $14.95Can. When I was in Bismarck, ND, it cost $14.95USD. I was quite pissed off.
Housing costs do seem to be generally cheaper in Canada, as does auto insurance (presumably
because you don't sue each other all the time like the dickheads here do), but I still don't think that a
2/3 salary ($70-80K CAN vs $70-80K US) is going to give you have quite the same comfort of
lifestyle.
In Saskatchewan, you can't sue somebody over an auto accident. It's illegal. And you should try living in Saskatoon:) Our house cost $200,000. In metro Calgary a house of the same size and same lot would cost AT LEAST $450,000 (It's a big fuckin' house)
Also, You have probably never been in a club or orginisation based on the system of parlamentary democracy.
In a parlamentary democracy, there are multiple parties, each with its own candidates trying to get a seat in parlament. Each riding (the area which is represented) has a representative of each party trying to get the seat. Whichever party gets the most seats wins, and forms the government by assigning positions. In your analogy it would be like the secratary, chairman, etc. The second biggest party gets to form "Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition" who's responsibility is to second guess the controling body.
By "gaging" the process, each individual candidate is guaranteed a fair chance at winning his seat. If for example, in Saskatchewan, they find out that the Liberals won the majority in the East, we would most likely elect a liberal, just so we have a voice in government.
Some would say that significant portions of *the US* don't speak English as a first,
or second, language.
True, true. The difference is even more apparent in Canada, where there is an entire province who's only official language is French. There are even quite a few German, Ukranian, and Russian towns along with the French. I mean complete villages where both commerece and living are conducted in those languages.
In Saskatoon, my English city in Saskatchewan, there is a school for people who speak only French. They do, however learn English in school, but everything else is learned in French.
It's amazing, even in the middle of English Canada it is a very big advantage to be able to speak French, German, and Ukraninan (in that order). I can live, work and go to school in English and French. I don't think either English or French are going away anytime soon.
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But Germany is SMALL next to Canada or the US, and has a much higher population density. Therefore it should have the tax base to pay for a fibre-to-the-home network.
I think that's what I read. Anyway, you don't want Shaw Cable's @Home. It is quite unreliable.
It's not illegal anywhere else in the world. Go to Canada, Europe, even AUSTRALIA, and it's legal.
By your logic, we should be "North Americans" as there is no continent named "America"
If, on the other hand, you are American, then it is ONLY a Canadian thing. But I think you call yourselves "American" as well.
Yep. Canada. In Saskatchewan and Manatoba at least we use interac. I usually only carry about $5 in cash on me for emergencies... gotta love cheap debit cards :)
Go to New Brunswick and find out :)
You likely wouldn't be able to understand the locals.No. Centre is just how it is spelled. See The Oxford Guide to Canadian English Usage
If I am not mistaken, however, traffic is regulated by the provinces, so it is not likely that this will happen all over Canada.
Oh, to the person who thought our country is ruled by the Queen of England, do a bit more research next time. Our country is ruled by The Government of Canada, and the Queen can't really do much, she can't even enact laws without the consent of The House of Commons and the Senate (Constitution Act, 1867-1982)
You shouldn't need to worry for skiing. That takes place in English Canada.
When you switch your language of preference and pretend you can't understand what the person is saying.
It's extremely useful in Canada 'cause half the english population don't understand French.Doesn't work for me. I regularly visit French bars, people know me :)
Really, in Saskatchewan we have french clubs.But you HAVE paid for the right to copy CDs. For you and for friends. You have paid all the royalties you owe, and it would never make it to court because you didn't do anything illegal. Look it up for yourself if you want.
If it is anything like Canada, you pay the "tax" and get the right to copy music or whatever for your own personal use. I'm willing to pay it to know when I get stopped by a mountie with a 50cd stack of burned music on the road to Calgary that I won't be fined for it, I didn't do anything illegal!
There is no MPAA in Canada. Canada is NOT America, therefore the Music Publishers Association of America does not exist here.
In Canada you *CAN* copy Audio for private use. I can borrow a friends CD and copy it, as long as I don't sell the CD (For more than I paid for the blank) it is perfectly legal. This is so in Germany and also a few other countries, it just seems to be a hard concept for the Americans to grasp.
Ah, Alberta. No minority languages that you ever hear of. As the saying goes:
"In Calgary, people who say Canada is a bilingual country hold as much credibility as people who have reported UFO sightings."
Here in Saskatoon, we have at least one french bar. Go there, and the bartender speaks french, the waiters/waitresses speak french, etc. The rest of the city speaks English.
As for the French in Quebec, not true here. We have a K-12 school (École Canadien Français) which has English classes like Alberta has French classes. Of course we also have French Immersion, where you take most of your classes in French. In Saskatoon, it's not unreasonable to expect somebody to be able to speak french.
Yep, most people here live in Southern Ontario, or southern B.C. In Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, most people live quite far from the U.S. Regina is about three hours from the border, ditto for Calgary and Winnepeg. Saskatoon and Edmonton are both the bigger cities in their provinces and they are quite far from the Border.
The bible teaches people to "Love thy Neighbour" That means, among other things, you must teach them about your beliefs, lest they die. God-fearing people look down on others because they want them to get saved like they have. No doubts, just worry for the soul of the OTHER person.
It was 186 years ago. It was burned in 1814, nearing the end of the war.
He apparently forgot the revolution, where Loyalists were persicuted, becoming non-persons and taxed to death. Not unlike pre-holocaust Germany.
That was just one war of 1812 story.My family has had ADSL since 1996. I suppose it helps when you live only a few blocks from their downtown office :) And it's amazing, if somebody wants something huge (StarOffice), it's not unreasonable to expect them to have broadband internet and to download it for themselves. Then there is the States where 1/1000 people have highspeed :) There are cities there with populations which are like 10 times the size of our Province!
Here in Saskatoon, one kind of pizza (I forget which, I don't go there often) cost $14.95Can. When I was in Bismarck, ND, it cost $14.95USD. I was quite pissed off.
Housing costs do seem to be generally cheaper in Canada, as does auto insurance (presumably because you don't sue each other all the time like the dickheads here do), but I still don't think that a 2/3 salary ($70-80K CAN vs $70-80K US) is going to give you have quite the same comfort of lifestyle.In Saskatchewan, you can't sue somebody over an auto accident. It's illegal. And you should try living in Saskatoon :) Our house cost $200,000. In metro Calgary a house of the same size and same lot would cost AT LEAST $450,000 (It's a big fuckin' house)
Also, You have probably never been in a club or orginisation based on the system of parlamentary democracy.
In a parlamentary democracy, there are multiple parties, each with its own candidates trying to get a seat in parlament. Each riding (the area which is represented) has a representative of each party trying to get the seat. Whichever party gets the most seats wins, and forms the government by assigning positions. In your analogy it would be like the secratary, chairman, etc. The second biggest party gets to form "Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition" who's responsibility is to second guess the controling body.
By "gaging" the process, each individual candidate is guaranteed a fair chance at winning his seat. If for example, in Saskatchewan, they find out that the Liberals won the majority in the East, we would most likely elect a liberal, just so we have a voice in government.True, true. The difference is even more apparent in Canada, where there is an entire province who's only official language is French. There are even quite a few German, Ukranian, and Russian towns along with the French. I mean complete villages where both commerece and living are conducted in those languages.
In Saskatoon, my English city in Saskatchewan, there is a school for people who speak only French. They do, however learn English in school, but everything else is learned in French.
It's amazing, even in the middle of English Canada it is a very big advantage to be able to speak French, German, and Ukraninan (in that order). I can live, work and go to school in English and French. I don't think either English or French are going away anytime soon.